more than 35000 people live at this camp for displaced persons in the town of hamam . about 20 kilometers south of mosul. most of the residents are alleged to have ties to i as fighters. there are a number of orphans and widows here. just one of those widows lives in this tent with their 5 children her name is rose. her husband was killed in an air raid on a mosque in mosul he was the militias in our prayer leader there will says he did not belong to i asked. as iraqi troops clashed with islamic state fighters and 2017 she and her children fled. they've lived in this tent ever since. i was told that the authorities say that my husband was a member of i asked about and that's why they refused to give us identity documents they say they were and i asked family what i thought i was. alone and because we don't have those documents we can't leave the camp that has been that we can't go anywhere in the have one of them go away without. a. role in our family spend much of the day watching t.v. . she herself was not a member of aa yes but the wives and children of islamic stat

insurgents have launched attacks on villages near hamam. and they've placed improvised explosive devices or i e d's along the roads there's some sort of incident every week. they burn down much of the vegetation along this part of the tigris river. this open land is a perfect place for insurgents to hide and launch their attacks. but terrorist activity is rare in mosul it's that small compensation for children like omar who work on the streets for very little money. the children often do jobs that no one else wants. that this 14 year old boy and his cousin are emptying garbage bins. they're paid by local merchants and private citizens. these children are in the equivalent of less than 3 euro's a day. i have to make some money. sell myself so i can buy food for my family. i. i. i love our. soldiers it just breaks my heart to see these kids sniffing like this they don't go to school and they have no future none at all. they have to work to provide food for themselves and for their family there's no shame in working but they do this because th